Earn

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.]
     To grieve. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Earn \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th {Yearn}.]
     To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
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           And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
           To prove his puissance in battle brave.  --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet},
     and cf. {Yearnings}.]
     To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), n. (Zo["o]l.)
     See {Ern}, n. --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned} ([~e]rnd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n
     to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis
     hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
     1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that
        which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is
        received or not).
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              The high repute
              Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton.
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     2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve
        and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good
        living; to earn honors or laurels.
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              I earn that [what] I eat.             --Shak.
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              The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or
              the sweat of my brow.                 --Burke.
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     {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the
        assistance of errors on the opposing side.
  
     Syn: See {Obtain}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  earn
       v 1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
            salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your
            new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this
            merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each
            month" [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {make}, {realize},
             {realise}, {pull in}, {bring in}]
       2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: {garner}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "earn":
     acquire, attain, bag, be deserving, be entitled to, be paid,
     be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, be worthy of, bring in,
     capture, catch, clear, collect, come by, come in for, come into,
     contract, corral, derive, deserve, drag down, draw, draw down,
     draw wages, effect, enter into possession, gain, get,
     get an income, gross, harvest, knock down, make, merit, net,
     obtain, pocket, procure, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive,
     sack, score, secure, take, warrant, win, work for wages
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  EARN
       European Academic Research Network (network)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  EARN
       
           {European Academic and Research
          Network}.
       
          (1995-11-15)